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[Sloth Of Doom]

Does anyone else here find it interesting that a topic discussing rape and child pornography gets (rightly) locked as inappropriate to these forums, but a topic discussing a Bioware announcement is simply deleted because it may portray Bioware in a a negative light?

Is this what Bioware has come to?  Shall we be sent to the Gulags for expressing opinions now?  Perhaps lined up against a wall and shot because we dare to question the mighty blue B?   Keep sweeping those troublesome people who can actually articulate an opinion under the rugs, Bioware.  I'm sure nobody will notice!

What next?  Bans for mentioning other game companies perhaps...or account deletions for saying that you didn't think ME2 was the greatest game ever?

Quite frankly, I am ashamed I have ever defended Bioware and been called a "fanboy" if this is the way that Bioware treats people that even remotely question them.

For shame, Bioware.

[Rive Caedo]

You realize the announcement thread is still up and open, right? You can complain there.

[Onyx Jaguar]

I suppose calling everyone retarded in your title can be considered an opinion.

[Sloth Of Doom]

Rive Caedo wrote...

You realize the announcement thread is still up and open, right? You can complain there.

You realize that isn't the point at all, right?

[chiliztri]

It's suspicious, and I think rather incriminating.



I'm not so sure how I feel about the tactics they have employed as of late.

[Rive Caedo]

Maybe you're right that they should have just locked whatever superfluous thread you're talking about - rather than deleting it. But exaggeration and hate isn't going to earn you many sympathetic ears.

[Goth Skunk]

Contrary to what you may think, speaking on these forums is a priviledge, not a right. You have to register to be allowed to post here, and in order to register you have to accept to play by the rules. Free speech is limited in privately owned forums. This is a privately owned forum, accessible to a priviledged few. This is not a public forum.

[Sloth Of Doom]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

I suppose calling everyone retarded in your title can be considered an opinion.

He asked a question, it wasn't a statement.  Also, many worse threads have been locked.  yes locked, not simply deleted off of the boards like they never existed.

Nothing in the thread broke any rules of the forums, it was simply something a bioware employee didn't like so it was given a gold star and eliminated, instead of treated like any other thread and locked with a reason.

[Sloth Of Doom]

Eli-da-Mage wrote...

I imagine the next lock will be this thread...

Lock?  Oh that is probably too good. 

[Kohaku]

http://social.biowar...445/191#2001263

It got locked.

Modifié par Kerridan Kaiba, 31 mars 2010 - 04:44 .

[chiliztri]

Goth Skunk wrote...

Contrary to what you may think, speaking on these forums is a priviledge, not a right. You have to register to be allowed to post here, and in order to register you have to accept to play by the rules. Free speech is limited in privately owned forums. This is a privately owned forum, accessible to a priviledged few. This is not a public forum.

That isn't the problem. Instead of locking the thread, it was completely deleted.

I find it hard to believe that a thread speaking of rape is just locked, while a thread speaking of the validity of BioWare's reasons for keeping the bazaar U.S. only is completely deleted, not locked.

It reeks, IMO.

Modifié par chiliztri, 31 mars 2010 - 04:50 .

[Onyx Jaguar]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

I suppose calling everyone retarded in your title can be considered an opinion.

He asked a question, it wasn't a statement.  Also, many worse threads have been locked.  yes locked, not simply deleted off of the boards like they never existed.

Nothing in the thread broke any rules of the forums, it was simply something a bioware employee didn't like so it was given a gold star and eliminated, instead of treated like any other thread and locked with a reason.

Semantics, it was a statement in the form of a question don't assume me for a fool.

Not that I disagreed with what he said, he raised a valid point.

[Sloth Of Doom]

chiliztri wrote...

Goth Skunk wrote...

Contrary to what you may think, speaking on these forums is a priviledge, not a right. You have to register to be allowed to post here, and in order to register you have to accept to play by the rules. Free speech is limited in privately owned forums. This is a privately owned forum, accessible to a priviledged few. This is not a public forum.

That isn't the problem. Instead of locking the thread, it was completely deleted.

I find it hard to believe that a thread speaking of rape is just locked, while a thread speaking of the validity of BioWare's reasons for keeping the bazaar U.S. only is completely deleted, not locked.

It's reeks, IMO.

Thank you for reading the OP before responding, unlike half of the people here.

[chiliztri]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

http://social.biowar...445/191#2001263

It got locked.

That wasn't the thread.

http://social.biowar...-2001346-1.html

[Goth Skunk]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Thank you for reading the OP before responding, unlike half of the people here.

Comparing BioWare to soviet Gulag's and firing squads hurt your argument to the point where I didn't care what you were griefing about.

[Kohaku]

Ah! Thanks for that chiliztri. I retract what I said.

[Jalem001]

Goth Skunk wrote...

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Thank you for reading the OP before responding, unlike half of the people here.

Comparing BioWare to soviet Gulag's and firing squads hurt your argument to the point where I didn't care what you were griefing about.

Pretty much. 

[Jalem001]

Damn forums

Modifié par Jalem001, 31 mars 2010 - 04:49 .

[cynicalsaint1]

Sloth Of Doom wrote...

Is this what Bioware has come to?  Shall we be sent to the Gulags for expressing opinions now?  Perhaps lined up against a wall and shot because we dare to question the mighty blue B?   Keep sweeping those troublesome people who can actually articulate an opinion under the rugs, Bioware.  I'm sure nobody will notice

You're right!
There's obviously have no other recourse than to begin bombing Canada over these horrendous violations of Human Rights that they've allowed to be perpertrated on their soil.

[Stanley Woo]

I moved the thread to an internal forum invisible to regular community members because I felt that it was far too confrontational. The thread still exists, I just don't think that sort of bashing of BioWare, the community, and its members should be encouraged. The thread was also full of spam, Bazaar links, and people complaining about Ray and Greg's apology to the community. Not only is that crazy, but I found it extremely disrespectful to my bosses and the people who have heard all the complaints and decided to do something to address it.



So off-topic, full of spam, full of hateful ranting, disrespectful to Ray and Greg, and essentially bashing us for trying to fix something y'all were complaining (very loudly) about. And I dislike mentioning this, but we have Rule #11 on our website for just such a purpose. Do I need more reasons?



In the future, instead of screaming "censorship," why not familiarize yourself with the rules you agreed to abide by when you signed up to participate in our community? And if you have a problem with something we've done, why not talk to us about it before dumping your sensationalist hyperbole onto the forums? We're always glad to discuss our forum and our policies and our actions, and while we can't always answer to everyone's satisfaction, we do answer to the best of our ability.



This thread is spam and not conducive to reasonable discussion. Anyone who wishes to discuss this further can tone down the sensationalist hyperbole and send me a PM. Thank you.



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